Here’s the official music video for “Do It Anyway,” the first track from Ben Folds Five’s much anticipated album “The Sound of the Life of the Mind“. The video feature the Fraggles from Jim Henson’s “Fraggle Rock” and also stars Rob Corddry, Anna Kendrick, and Chris Hardwick. This definitely tops Weezer’s video that featured Muppets [...]
In the debut of the “Deschutes River Recordings,” Eric D. Johnson, maestro behind The Fruit Bats — one of my favorite bands ever — puts his own spin on The Byrds’ “Ballad of Easy Rider.” The song was written by Bob Dylan and Roger McGuinn. The idea behind the Deschutes River Recordings is to get [...]
Austin Chapman was born deaf, recently got a new hearing aid, and has experienced a breadth of sound and music for the first time in his life. The first thing I heard was my shoe scraping across the carpet; it startled me. I have never heard that before and out of ignorance, I assumed it [...]
To celebrate their 50th anniversary, Marshall is going to release its first home loudspeaker that resembles one of its classic rock amps. Boy is it beautiful, with retro analog controls for volume, bass and treble! The Hanwell is expected to hit stores in November 2012. More information on this product, like HOW MUCH MONEY WILL [...]
I suspect if Lord Huron’s “Time to Run” was released at the beginning of the summer, the song would have ended up as my summer jam. It’s an infectiously upbeat tune, the kind of song you put on repeat while driving to the beach, the kind of song your friends and family get sick of [...]
The raucous bluegrass brothers maintain their dignity while schilling for The Gap as part of the retailer’s Fall 2012 “Icons Redefined” campaign. The 30-second spot features Scott and Seth singing a snippet from ‘Live and Die’, the new single from their upcoming album produced by Rick Rubin. The Carpenter comes out September 11th. Good for them [...]
Dave Bry makes an astute observation: “Remember like six years ago, when My Morning Jacket stopped being My Morning Jacket and changed into something different and Band of Horses started being a better My Morning Jacket than My Morning Jacket themselves? Something like that seems to be happening now with The Hold Steady and Japandroids.” [...]
Gangnam Style, Dissected
by James Furbush on August 26, 2012 · 0 comments
Korean pop star PSY’s video “Gangnam Style” has been viewed 49 million times on YouTube since its release this summer. It’s been covered by Nelly Furtado, turned into a metal song, and yet despite it’s popularity few truly understand the social commentary the song makes about South Korean society lying underneath that catchy beat. angnam is [...]